With over 18 years experience in design, editorial design and art direction Dillon St.Paul has art directed and created some of Ireland’s biggest lifestyle magazines. He has also designed editorial for successful publications internationally including magazines in Sydney and London. Over his career he has won PPAI Magazine Designer of the Year in 2007 and 2012. He is highly skilled at digital retouching and all aspects of pre-press production. His work in creating a 3D issue of STELLAR was shortlisted as Innovation of the year 2012. His most recent work being for TATLER and Danish magazine GO Beauty.

As well as a successful Graphic Designer and Art Director, Dillon is also an accomplished Illustrator, his work has been published around the world. Winning a Computer Arts Award for his work in digital illustration. He has held catalogues of of his work with Getty Images and has had close working relationships with EMAP (now Bauer), IPC Media, Pacific Publications and many more. Dillon also collaborates with world renowned brands in commercial advertorial, experiential 3d rendering, strategy and activation and recently content creation. Clients include Clarins, L’Oréal, YSL, Kiehl’s, Maybelline, Disney, Subway, Pepsico and many more.

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EXPERIENCE

ART DIRECTOR 

GO BEAUTY 

Present

Art Direction and design of a 180 page glossy Danish lifestyle and beauty magazine in Copenhagen.

ART DIRECTOR | MARKETING | COMMERCIAL

IMAGE 

2018-2019

Responsible for design of commercial promotions/assets, activations and pitch decks. Concepts, creative copywriting and mechanics of social media roll-out. Also digitally rendered experiential aspects for clients and event illustration. Day to day also involved HPTO design, animated gifs, banners and other digital assets.

ART DIRECTOR 

IRISH TATLER 

Harmonia publishing 2014-2016

Responsible for design evolution of Irish TATLER magazine. This also evolved into a digital role where I was responsible for visual and design aspects of a new digital venture at Harmonia Publishing. Project management includes organising site content, editing and optimising navigation and user experience.

ART DIRECTOR

 STELLAR  |  BOUTIQUE

VIP PUBLISHING GROUP  

• Art Director ( co-creator) of STELLAR magazine. ( 2008 – Present (consultant)
Responsible for all design of visual content from inception: including layouts, cover designs and design of other promotional material etc. Regularly designed advertorial content for clients including Rimmel, L’oreal, Chanel, NYC, River Island etc. ( Awarded Designer of the Year 2012 )

•  Art Director (co-creator) of Boutique Magazine ( Aer Lingus )
Responsible for editorial design and visual look of the magazine. Established current design template. Liaised with client regularly. Art Directed and organised cover shoots – booking and working closely with photographers, stylists etc.

• Art Director of KISS magazine. ( 2006 – 2008 )
Responsible for all visual content. Including design of layouts, cover as well as design of invites and other promotional material etc ( Awarded Designer of the Year 2007 )

Advertising Creative (freelance)

The Sunday World Newspaper

(4 years) Dublin

Created advertising concepts, copywriting, teaser campaigns and designed adverts for The Sunday World newspaper which appeared in the Irish Market Journal and across other media. Adverts usually involved dynamic and witty relationships between eye catching images (created and altered in photoshop) coupled with catchy tag lines to engage viewers both consumers and other media professionals.

Art Director

Kiss Magazine

Art Direction responsible for design evolution of glossy teen title.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Limerick Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Design, Graphic Design, First Class Honors

Designer of the Year 2007

Magazines Ireland PPAI

Designer of the Year 2012

Magazines Ireland PPAI

Computer Arts Illustration Award

Computer Arts